gravelexpress

Spec is a Packard Bell
pentium 4 2.0gb
256 mb ram
Win Me os

replaced 3d card with a Geforce 5800

I bought the 3d card for high end games resolutions etc.
But it is still slow!!
on 3d mark i got these benchmarks-

Main Test Results
3DMark Score 1673 3DMarks

CPU Score 219.0 CPUMarks



Detailed Test Results


Game Tests

GT1 - Wings of Fury 51.0 fps

GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 9.9 fps

GT3 - Troll's Lair 9.7 fps

GT4 - Mother Nature 12.3 fps



CPU Tests

CPU Test 1 21.3 fps

CPU Test 2 4.4 fps



Feature Tests

Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 389.8 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 1167.8 MTexels/s

Vertex Shader 9.1 fps

Pixel Shader 2.0 15.4 fps

Ragtroll 6.3 fps



Sound Tests

No sounds Not Supported

24 sounds Not Supported

60 sounds Not Supported


How di i speed her up - maybe double the RAM?

class_A

First of all, are you sure there's no adware/spyware or viruses sucking up a large amount of CPU time?

Nex, bin off Windows ME and replace it with XP. Make sure you are running the latest drivers from nVidia (check the website, don't trust the CD that came with it to be recent).

After that, upgrade the RAM. I usually use Crucial. Be careful to pick the correct RAM; as your PC is a Packard Bell (purchased from PC World?) and is 2Ghz, there's a possibility it may use regular PC100 or PC133 rather than DDR PC2100 or PC2700.

Shout back if you've any Q's!

marxsmann

I'd definitely get more RAM but the problem is that if you've not got DDR then i doubt putting in another 256mb of PC133 or like will make any difference. The problem with buying a mainstream PC like Packard Bell is that the components they use tend to be quite cheap and not really aimed at the high end gaming market. I'd doubt that the motherboard supplied is any good at all. Thus restricting your ability to upgrade any components. Also crap motherboards (being the central hub of a PC) can and will be your main bottleneck (even if you have a quick Graphics card.....).

If you know a bit about PC's I'd strongly suggest replacing the MOBO and get yourself some decent DDR RAM - PC2700 would be plenty but PC3200 even better. It wont cost you that much to do either (about £200)- you could then really benefit from that pretty decent graphics card.

Marc

gravelexpress

that makes sense,
I think i will build my own. I will upgrade to xp and see how it goes.

ChrisB

Watch out - I've seen Packard Bells that don't use standard ATX motherboards, so a new case might be required.

gravelexpress

im now getting a score of 3256


General Information
Operating System Microsoft Windows ME

DirectX Version 9.0b

Mobo Manufacturer Micro-Star Inc.

Mobo Model MS-6506

AGP Rates (Current/Available) 0x /

CPU Intel Pentium 4 1992 MHz

FSB 100 MHz

Memory 640 MB



Display Information
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800

Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800

Driver Version 4.14.10.5304

Driver WHQL Certified No

Video Memory 128 MB

Core Clock 301 MHz

Memory Clock 602 MHz



Sound Information
Sound Adapter Driver Name

Sound Adapter Driver Version



Benchmark Settings
Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 4 Build 0

Resolution 1024x768@32 bit

Texture Filtering Optimal

Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None

Post Processing false

Vertex Shaders Optimal



Main Test Results
3DMark Score 3256 3DMarks

CPU Score 246.0 CPUMarks



Detailed Test Results


Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury 89.4 fps

GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 29.0 fps

GT3 - Troll's Lair 24.8 fps

GT4 - Mother Nature 9.4 fps



CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 23.8 fps

CPU Test 2 5.0 fps



Feature Tests
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1036.2 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2606.4 MTexels/s

Vertex Shader 14.4 fps

Pixel Shader 2.0 26.4 fps

Ragtroll 15.2 fps



Sound Tests
No sounds 19.5 fps

24 sounds 11.1 fps

60 sounds 3.7 fps


[Edited by gravelexpress - 12/13/2003 9:48:50 AM]